时间:2019-01-30 作者:英语课 分类:双语有声阅读


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Caspian Crisis Cuts Caviar Catch 里海危机致使鱼子酱产量大幅降低


Russian caviar stocks are dwindling 1 fast


俄国鱼子酱库存迅猛减少


Gourmets 3 are going to have to pay a lot more for their black caviar this year if they can find it at all.


Russia says it may have to stop exporting the expensive delicacy 4 for the first time in a century.


Officials blame bad weather, and pollution for the dwindling numbers of sturgeon - the fish whose eggs produce one of the world's priciest gourmet 2 treats.


Russian fishermen on the Volga River catch around 20% of the world's black caviar, tearing it out of the bellies 5 of giant sturgeon, a species as old as the dinosaurs 6.


But this year, fewer fish are coming into the Volga delta 7 from the Caspian Sea to spawn 8.


美食家们今年将不得不为黑鱼子酱花更多的钱--如果他们能找到的话。


俄国说它在本世纪以来可能第一次停止出口这种昂贵的美味。


俄国官员们抱怨说恶劣的天气、污染是鲟鱼数量减少的原因--它的卵是世界上最昂贵的美味之一。


俄国伏尔加河上的鱼民们提供世界上百分之二十的黑鱼子酱,他们从鲟鱼这种象恐龙一样古老的鱼种的肚子里将鱼子挤出。


但今年,从里海来伏尔加河产卵的鱼群数量减少了

 



adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )
  • The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句
n.食物品尝家;adj.出于美食家之手的
  • What does a gourmet writer do? 美食评论家做什么?
  • A gourmet like him always eats in expensive restaurants.像他这样的美食家总是到豪华的餐馆用餐。
讲究吃喝的人,美食家( gourmet的名词复数 )
  • The food here satisfies gourmands rather than gourmets. 这里的食物可以管饱却不讲究品质。
  • Here is another example: "Western gourmets are sold on Peking Duck." 这里再举一个例子:“西方美食家已对北京烤鸭极有兴趣。”
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴
  • We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship.我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
  • He sensed the delicacy of the situation.他感觉到了形势的微妙。
n.肚子( belly的名词复数 );腹部;(物体的)圆形或凸起部份;腹部…形的
  • They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
  • starving children with huge distended bellies 鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童
n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 );守旧落伍的人,过时落后的东西
  • The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.(流的)角洲
  • He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
  • The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔,形成了一个三角洲。
n.卵,产物,后代,结果;vt.产卵,种菌丝于,产生,造成;vi.产卵,大量生产
  • The fish were madly pushing their way upstream to spawn.鱼群为产卵而疯狂地向上游挤进。
  • These fish will lay spawn in about one month from now.这些鱼大约一个月内会产卵。
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